Fay Compton sings Irving Berlin's 'Take Off a Little Bit,' London, 1916

Fay Compton (1894-1978), the English actress and singer, whose long career began in The Follies with her first husband H.G. Pelissier at the Apollo Theatre, London, in 1911, afterwards played in a number of musical pieces including Follow the Crowd, which opened at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London, on 19 February 1916. The song she sings here is Irving Berlin's 'Take Off a Little Bit' from that show, accompanied by studio singers Bessie Jones and Ena Bennie, and the Empire Theatre Orchestra conducted by Jacques Heuvel. It was recorded on the HMV label (C-663) at the studios of The Gramophone Co Ltd at Hayes, Middlesex, west of London. 'Take Off a Little Bit' was originally sung by Gaby Deslys in Stop! Look! Listen! at the Globe Theatre, New York, 25 December 1915.
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